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Two Poems by Juliet Cook
Rotting bear dolls & chicken brains erase our heads & replace them with images of themselves, & though we might not have a name for this process, Juliet Cook’s poems show us what it feels like to find ourselves somewhere between foreground & background. Read the poems. -
from ...AGAIN by Mark Nowak
You only live once, & yet we expect another turn of the wheel. Mark Nowak presents a litany of x, y, & a bit of z from a series called …AGAIN. Read the poems. -
Friday Feature
Mini-reviews of horror movies, books, albums, and other cultural artifacts dropping every Friday.
Recent Work
Four Poems
by Jeremy Hoevenaar
We come to “an altar in the sound” “in the flayed yard” “a yolk spitting wet ropes of shadow” “filled with new language” in the light off the axe of Jeremy Hoevenaar’s poems in the moments before the sky goes out.
Published September 30, 2024
What is Horror Poetics? Part V: The Point of No Return by J †Johnson
Horror queers the so-called rational world and puts the lie to the promise of normality. “What Is Horror Poetics? Part V: The Point of No Return” kicks off cycle 5 with a vengeance.
Published September 25, 2024
Watch for Deer
by Michael Sikkema
Soon we will all be saying “watch for deer” when we leave the party and go out into that big night. Today, we feature new poems from CDSOB regular Michael Sikkema’s “Watch for Deer” series, in anticipation of his forthcoming CDSOB chapbook of the same name. Watch for deer.
Published July 1, 2024
Four Poems
by Melissa Eleftherion
The horror books we read as kids reveal a darkness we might spend a lifetime working through, along with the very real terrors we encounter. Melissa Eleftherion parses memories of strange companions from formative reading experiences in poems from their “suture” series.
Published June 24, 2024
Screen of the Heavens: Alien Invasion Weekend, Mahoning Drive-In by J †Johnson
The truth was out there at Mahoning Drive-In’s Alien Invasion weekend, & so were we. JJ gazes at that great screen in the sky & writes about an out of this world 35mm double-double feature🥁🛸📽️🍿
Published June 5, 2024
Muffin
by Karthik Kotresh
Here, kitty kitty. At CDSOB, we’re cat people. We’re also monster people. Today, we feature Karthik Kotresh’s short story, “Muffin.”
Published June 3, 2024
Since He’s Been Gone
by Cassandra Walters
“The sign outside read ‘Cursed, Not Jilted,’ but the lights in the word ‘Not’ flickered intermittently. You could get your fortune read for $50. Or, guess the owner’s name correctly for a free reading.” And so we arrive at the fortune teller’s table, ready (or not) for some truth to be told.
Published May 20, 2024
Dry
by Tim Lynch
What do you see in the face of the monster? Tim Lynch looks the wolf in the eye and sees the man before him, in today’s featured poem.
Published June 10, 2024
